Thankful parents have praised a County Durham bin crew for going out of their way to bring festive joy to children on their route. Colin Hodgson, Paul Bailey and David Heslop, who all work for Durham County Council as refuse collectors in the east of the county, decided to bring some Christmas cheer to children on their round. Over the...

Adults with disabilities have helped to provide food parcels for hundreds of vulnerable families across County Durham. Staff and service users from Durham County Council’s Care and Support Pathways have been working alongside partners Groundwork to support their Food Banks at Christmas appeal and support more than 450 families with...

The Finance Durham Fund has invested over £1m in five businesses to grow in or move to County Durham over the last 12 months. Established by Durham County Council in 2017, Finance Durham is a £20m investment fund overseen by Business Durham and managed by Maven Capital Partners, to help businesses to accelerate growth in the county. The...

By Gary Beacom Aycliffe U8s Whites played against Leam Rangers Yellow. A really difficult game for Aycliffe but they battled for every ball. Aycliffe’s goal was scored by William. MOTM was awarded to Harry Cain. An exciting final game of the year for Aycliffe U9 Blacks v NSG Tigers. The game started really well with both teams having...

Students at Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe are looking forward to a new library system that will make for easy reading in the future. The system will be a great new way for students and staff to access the library created with an accessible online platform. “Students will be able to check out new releases, see what is...

Newton Aycliffe-based Stiller Warehousing and Distribution is investing further in its employees after embarking on a long-term staff training programme. The logistics firm has already trained up 12 workers, across various departments of the company, on business improvement techniques – with the main aim of improving customer...

As part of the Leadership Academy at Woodham, Year 11 students at Woodham Academy organised a foodbank to help those within our local community. With the unprecedented challenges that 2020 has faced, the school’s ambassadors recognised the need to get involved and help others. In school, they advertised the foodbank and asked for food...

By Gary Beacom The Under 8 whites played against Crook. Aycliffe played really well and the result did not do the team justice. Crook played some brilliant set pieces with their corners being something else on this occasion, but Aycliffe’s work rate was fantastic. Oscar and William are starting to click with some great passing and...

Residents in County Durham are being reminded of some changes to rubbish and recycling collections over the Christmas period. Bin collections across the county will take place as normal up to and including Thursday, 24 December 2020. Changes will only apply to Friday collections, which fall on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day this year....

A young people’s home continues to provide outstanding care for young people, according to Ofsted. Aycliffe Secure Centre, which provides a secure and caring home for vulnerable young people between the ages of 10 and 18, was judged as outstanding across all areas in 2019 and received an assurance visit last month from Ofsted which again...